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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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Yes I have, they require a new gauge face & needles if you if you want any other color than LED red "stock is an amber / orange, and at the current price of gauge faces from another company, I just do not see it as a good solution cash wise.

If you would like the cluster red, turns out amazing
Old Aug 7, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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so taking the needles apart like the tC's is not an option? its cause my gf wants a white leds with a white guage face so its not amber and pink needles.....and my concern was if i swapped it to white, would i need to swap out the resistors like on the tC?....
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The needles are tinted red so it would not be possible to swap them like the tC. I have a manufacturer building needles for me to replace the oem, but still waiting for them.
Old Aug 18, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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Did you shoot me some red? im ready to solder some more fleas to my car >=) and is there a diy for the polorized fim? Looked like I could peel off the front or the back, and i didnt wanna dork it up. Looks good without it too so not sure if ill do it now
Old Aug 26, 2008 | 06:45 PM
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and how much/ hard/ is there a diy for the steering wheel light?
Old Aug 26, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=91321
Old Aug 26, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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looks like cake compared to the rest of the swap., I hope i got enuf spare led >=)
Thanks for link
Old Aug 26, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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Just be carefull, the leds are glued to the board, you have to pry up on them to get them to release and many rip a trace when doing so. Also be sure to scrape off the black center plastic.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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The 3 leds that light both defrost buttons, and the mode button don't work. I checked everything but they still wont light up. I had the middle one reversed at first, after a couple of months I finally noticed it was switched and thought I found my problem. But that didn't do it. Any thoughts??


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The 3 leds that light both defrost buttons, and the mode button don't work. I checked everything but they still wont light up. I had the middle one reversed at first, after a couple of months I finally noticed it was switched and thought I found my problem. But that didn't do it. Any thoughts??

idk....it could always be a bad led....i noticed that when i did my Cluster and HVAC, there was always one "bad" on in the bunch....once i swapped it out it worked perfectly.
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Could it be just one of the LEDs are bad causing a break in the circuit, so none of the 3 work? Hope that's it. I just finally got my lcd screen swapped for a non cracked one..its great. Now just gota get those 3 working
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99.999% of the time leds are damaged in install, not really dead out of the package, in the last oh... 2000+ leds I have soldered, I have not had one that was dead out of a reel.

My guess is an led was overheated upon install, or one of the resistors going to that particular string is not making good contact. No idea really unless I can see it in person.

You are welcome to send it in. If it is simple to fix the issue, then just pay for return shipping.
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Finally finished, now where can i find a servo for the fuel gague, its not working too good anymore >=/

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that looks good
Old Aug 30, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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Thanks, I still need a fuel servo, any idea, or do i need to start calling some junk yards?
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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I may have a spare cluster from a loca. I will ask him if he is scrapping it. I can pull a servo off if one of yours got nuked.
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ledmod had a spare one he shippin out to me, thanks tho
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Right on, glad you are set.



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